A couple of readers have alerted us to this one: The not-so-clever
people who have been running Tri-Met have come up with a proposal to
pile up tons of tax dollars for future rail projects. And apparently
the plan will mean new taxes for all of us. As one reader put it --

We discussed several items with the TriMet representatives
last night at the “Working with TriMet” Coffee Klatch. For those of you who
couldn’t make it, please find a general summary below regarding the budget cut
process and advocating tips.

Metro Transit buses were involved in 663 collisions over a one-year period, CBC News has learned.
CBC reporter Bob Murphy filed a freedom-of-information request with
Metro Transit and received a database of the crashes involving its buses
between November 2010 and November 2011.
It works out to be almost two incidents per day. Collisions range
from minor bumps to more serious incidents involving pedestrians, which
happened three times, according to the data from Metro Transit.

In remarks that raised some eyebrows in the audience, the nation’s
top transportation official said this week that there is an “unlimited
supply of oil” in parts of the world.
U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood made that statement
Wednesday at Virginia Commonwealth University at the end of a town hall
meeting attended by about 75 students, staff, and faculty members.